Server Uptime

Its easy to get the last boot time of a Windows machine but how do you get the uptime

function Get-Uptime {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
   [string]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
)

$os = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $ComputerName

$uptime = (Get-Date) – $os.LastBootUpTime

$uptime

}

Use Get-CimInstance to get the Win32_OperatingSystem class. To calculate the uptime subtract the value of LastBootTime from the current time and date.

You’ll get a Timespan object returned.

PS> Get-Uptime

Days              : 1
Hours             : 10
Minutes           : 32
Seconds           : 26
Milliseconds      : 838
Ticks             : 1243468385381
TotalDays         : 1.4391995201169
TotalHours        : 34.5407884828056
TotalMinutes      : 2072.44730896833
TotalSeconds      : 124346.8385381
TotalMilliseconds : 124346838.5381

Pick out whichever properties you need for your report